Example sentences of "he had a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a nice mouth too , generous , well shaped , not thin-lipped like Ryan 's , the thought intruded . |
| 2 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 3 | He had a tame developer all poised to move in . |
| 4 | He had a striking decorum even in his thoughts . |
| 5 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 6 | He had a few hours anyway . |
| 7 | He had a few minutes yet , to compose his missive to Estabrook . |
| 8 | He had a busy day ahead of him , and although he did not yet know it , he would not be able to get back to bed until nearly twenty-four hours later . |
| 9 | If only he had a proper job now , he thought , there was no reason why they should n't marry . |
| 10 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 11 | Sue Owen , director of nursing , said : ‘ He had a short time away with his consultant 's permission . |
| 12 | That had always been the constitutional position , he said , but the big demonstrations of the past few days had proved that he had a popular mandate too . |
| 13 | He stayed in Buckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for him . |
| 14 | His brother Melvin , er who has another removal firm in York , erm he had a funny experience too that I 've not hac had . |
| 15 | He had a happy life though Caroline . |
| 16 | You will forgive him using but he had a bad fall yesterday and has damaged his ankle . |
| 17 | Well you see one of the l one of lads , naughty , he had to finish , but then he had a bad chest before |